Skip to main content

It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results.

Organic Farmer Training Program: Course Information

Spring 2019

Readings

Building Soils for Better Crops, 3rd ed [online edition] by Fred Magdoff; Harold Vanes
ISBN: 1888626054
Publication Date: 2010
3rd ed., free online

Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses - pdf version
SARE publication, book 6

Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses by Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture Staff (Contribution by); Sustainable Agriculture Network Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: S561 .B84 2003
ISBN: 1888626070
Publication Date: 2003-04-01
SARE publication, book 6
The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower's Handbook by Andrew Mefferd
Call Number: SB415 .M375 2017
ISBN: 9781603586375
Publication Date: 2017-02-15
No ebook version available for library purchase.
The Flower Farmer, rev. ed. - ebook by Lynn Byczynski; Robin Wimbiscus (Illustrator)
Call Number: SB406.53 .B93 2008 Online
ISBN: 9781933392653
Publication Date: 2008-02-22
print also available, SB406.53 .B93 2008
The Holistic Orchard by Michael Phillips
Call Number: SB357.24 .P47 2011 Online
ISBN: 9781933392134
Publication Date: 2012-01-10
Print version also available, SB357.24 .P47 2011
The Lean Farm - ebook by Ben Hartman
Call Number: TD930 .H37 2015 Online
ISBN: 9781603585927
Publication Date: 2015-09-16
Print copy available, TD930 .H37 2015
The Market Gardener - ebook by Severine von Tscharner Fleming (Foreword by); Marie Bilodeau (Illustrator); Jean-Martin Fortier
Call Number: SB453.5 .F6913 2014 Online
ISBN: 9780865717657
Publication Date: 2014-03-04
Print version available: SB453.5 .F6913 2014
Natural beekeeping : organic approaches to modern apiculture, revised - ebook by Ross Conrad
Call Number: SF523 .C75 2013
ISBN: 9781933392080
Publication Date: 2013
First edition, 2007, available in print, SF523 .C75 2007
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook - Ebook by Richard Wiswall
Call Number: S605.5 .W57 2009 Online
ISBN: 9781603581424
Publication Date: 2009-10-09
Print version with CD available, S605.5 .W57 2009
The Organic Farming Manual - Ebook by Ann Larkin Hansen
Call Number: S605.5 .H355 2010 online
ISBN: 9781603424790
Publication Date: 2010-03-17
Print copy held hat Gull Lake Library: S605.5 .H355 2010
The Soul of Soil, 4th ed. - Ebook by Joe Smillie; Grace Gershuny
Call Number: S591 .G45 1999 online
ISBN: 9781890132316
Publication Date: 1999-06-01
Print edition available, S591 .G45 1999
Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market by Vernon P. Grubinger
Call Number: B320.9 .G78 1999
ISBN: 9780935817454
Publication Date: 1999-07-01
NRAES (Series) ; 104.

Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-up to Market
link to Fair Use pdf, produced 1999.
Teaching Organic Farming & Gardening: Resources for Instructors
Full text online. 700 pages total, but chapters are in individual pdf sections.
"Weed the Soil not the Crop" by Anne & Eric Nordell [pdf]
June 2009. Vol. 40, No. 6. ACRES USA.

Whole Farm Planning : ecological imperatives, personal values, and economics - Ebook by Elizabeth Henderson; Karl North
Call Number: S605.5 .H46 2011 Online
ISBN: 9781603583565
Publication Date: 2011-04-15

Optional Readings

Botany for Gardeners, 3rd ed. by Brian Capon
Call Number: QK50 .C36 2010 Online
ISBN: 9781604690958
Publication Date: 2010-05-21
Print copy also available, QK50 .C36 2010
Building a sustainable future : ecologically based farming systems, MSU Extension Bulletin E-2983 by Steve Deming, Leslie Johnson [and others].
Call Number: S544.3.M5 E23 E-2983.
Publication Date: 2007
This MSU Extension Bulletin is part of this series, number 2983.
Building Soils for Better Crops, 3rd ed [online edition] by Fred Magdoff; Harold Vanes
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 1888626054
Publication Date: 2010
3rd ed., free online
Note - a print copy is on order as of 1/1/2020. Once available it will be linked to this guide.
Building Soils for Better Crops, 2nd ed. by Fred Magdoff; Harold Vanes
Call Number: S592.8 .M34 2000
ISBN: 1888626054
Publication Date: 2000-04-01
SARE book 4
Compact Farms - Ebook by Josh Volk; Michael Ableman (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781612125947
Publication Date: 2017-02-07
Integrated Weed Management: One Year’s Seeding. MSU Extension Bulletin E-2931 by Karen Renner, Christy Sprague
Call Number: S544.3.M5 E23 2931
Publication Date: 2004
This MSU Extension Bulletin is part of this series, number 2931.
Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 2nd ed. by Seth Dabney (Contribution by); Chuck Ingels (Contribution by); Greg Bowman; Craig Cramer; Christopher Shirley; Marianne Sarrantonio (Contribution by); Sharad Phatak (Contribution by); Andy Clark (Contribution by); Robert Myers (Contribution by); Wayne Reeves (Contribution by)
Call Number: SB284.3.U6 M36 1998
ISBN: 1888626046
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
SARE book 3
Managing Cover Crops Profitably, end ed [onlline edition] by Seth Dabney (Contribution by); Chuck Ingels (Contribution by); Greg Bowman; Craig Cramer; Christopher Shirley; Marianne Sarrantonio (Contribution by); Sharad Phatak (Contribution by); Andy Clark (Contribution by); Robert Myers (Contribution by); Wayne Reeves (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1888626046
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
The New Organic Grower, rev. ed., Ebook by Eliot Coleman; Sheri Amsel; Molly C. Field (Illustrator); Paul Hawken (Foreword by); Chelsea Green (Editor)
Call Number: SB324.3 .C65 2018
ISBN: 093003175X
Publication Date: 2018
Ebook, 30th anniversary edition. Earlier edition available, SB324.3 .C65 1995

Resource Guide for Organic Insect & Disease Management, 2nd ed.
Ling goes to PDFdownload to this CU document by Brian Caldwell et al.

Sharing the Harvest, rev. ed. - Ebook by Elizabeth Henderson; Robyn Van En; Joan Dye Gussow (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781933392103
Publication Date: 2007-11-01
Steel in the Field: A farmer's guide to weed-management tools by Greg Bowman; Christopher Shirley; John Gist (Illustrator)
Call Number: S676 .S69 1997
ISBN: 188862602X
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
SARE book 2
Steel in the Field [online version] by Greg Bowman; Christopher Shirley; John Gist (Illustrator)
ISBN: 188862602X
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Wholesale Success, A Farmer's Guide to Selling, Postharvest Handling and Packing Produce by Jim Slama
ISBN: 9783484213517
Publication Date: 2010